Tag Archives: inspiration

These soft robotic fish just look cool – I especially like the single eye on the front. I guess the real fish are not really bothered by the robot fish. I think there is a lesson in that somewhere… “To our knowledge, this is the first robotic fish that can swim untethered in three dimensions […]

This short video is a FASCINATING look into Gene Wilder and his acceptance of the role of Willy Wonka in the 1971 cult hit Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. As a kid at my house, we ate a lot of really healthy food – back when the “cookies” that were sold at the health […]

We saw one of these Nick Cave Soundsuits at a museum a few weeks ago. While not strictly “robotic” they have a decidedly robotic feel to us, and we are all about robots here at slobots.com… Also, in case you wondering, this is not the musician Nick Cave but a visual / performance artist of […]

i’m a jasper johns fan. last year we made a trip to NYC and stopped by the MOMA. i snapped these pics of one of Jasper’s flag paintings. i was especially happy to get to grab some close-ups to see the details in the work. Seeing the unfinished edges and the deep layers of paint […]

I’ve always been a fan of the VW, especially the air-cooled models from the 50s and 60s. Here are some VW Bus images that i picked up awhile ago and put in my inspiration folder. The amount of variety in these images shows the versatility of the design and its uses.